#33

Owen McGowan

Senior linebacker for Boston College. 2025: 54 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Boston College · Sr. · #33

6′0″ · 236 lb · Canton, MA

CFB Index 49 · #300 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Boston College for 2026

How he plays

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.

Solo tackles: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

5 TFL · 1 sacks · 3 PBU

Best game: 8 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks, at Michigan State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Boston College. 2025: 54 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2021.

His career, year by year

Owen McGowan

LB · Boston College · Sr · #33

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Four seasons at Boston College, two different head coaches: Jeff Hafley and Bill O'Brien. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Clemson — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

49Rotational starter #300 of 583?

High confidenceSustained Ascent7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Strength: tackles (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#483 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.4
Road4g	5.5	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	0.7	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #300 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #300 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #32 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Boston College	54	31	5.0	1.0	3	--	--
2024	Boston College	28	16	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Boston College	8	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Boston College	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		93	56	6.0	1.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 66–10

vs Fordham

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 56-point win at home against Fordham.

With G. James — 190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · D. Lonergan — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.3 · -3 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Fordham	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 40-42@ Michigan State	8	3	2.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	L 20-30@ Stanford	8	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-28vs California	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 7-48@ Pittsburgh	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-41vs Clemson	8	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 23-38vs UConn	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-38@ Louisville	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 10-25vs Notre Dame	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 13-45vs SMU	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 34-36vs Georgia Tech	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		54	31	5.0	1.0	—	3

How he plays

Play style

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

54Tackles

31Solo

5TFL

1Sacks

3Pass def.

0INT

54 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.

Week 21 sack
Week 51 PD
Week 102 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Boston College

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · Boston College

Returning around him

4 Boston College players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -4 net (26 in / 30 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #71 · 2026 recruiting class #53

DNA match

Player DNA

Coverage 'Backer

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Reynard Ellis’s 2022 season.

Reynard Ellis

81%match

UAB · 2022

Dylan Rosiek

Illinois · 2025

80%

Samuel Omosigho

Oklahoma · 2025

79%

CJ Harris

Arkansas State · 2020

76%

Zyrus Fiaseu

Arizona State · 2024

76%

Matches Reynard on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Tackle volume

Differs from Reynard on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dylan Rosiek's senior season at Illinois (2025).

Dylan Rosiek

85%match

Illinois · 2025

Desmond Tisdol

Florida Atlantic · 2023

83%

Cal Haladay

Michigan State · 2024

All-Big Ten

82%

John Miller

Utah State · 2024

All-Mountain West

82%

Khadry Jackson

Georgia Southern · 2023

81%

Matches Dylan on

Tackle volume

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Owen McGowan

Kenenna Odeluga

Illinois · 2025

81%

Dylan Rosiek

Illinois · 2025

80%

Desmond Tisdol

Florida Atlantic · 2024

80%

Samuel Omosigho

Oklahoma · 2025

79%

Dorian Jones

Virginia · 2024

76%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2021

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Coverage 'Backer

Players who play like Owen McGowan